LIVINGSTON COUNTY – After months of intense negotiations, the Livingston County Board of Supervisors finally sealed the deal on the $20 million law suit against the AkzoNobel salt mine in a ten-minute, special-term meeting on Tuesday. All present Town Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of the proposed Order of Consent and Administrative Settlement Agreement with AkzoNobel, Inc. and the State of New York, requiring, in short, that AkzoNobel … [Read more...]
EDITORIAL: Wild Trail From Leicester Desalination Plant
Like many other residents and elected officials, I have been trying to understand the Desalination plant shut down issue, and sensing that only part of the story has surfaced so far. This week, I started mapping it out on a giant marker board in my office, and digging into the murky interconnections between players in the story. The process started with Zurich Insurance, the operator of the desalination plant. What’s turned up so far is an … [Read more...]
FROM THE PUBLISHER: Cuomo and AkzoNobel Stinking up the Valley
The State DEC announced this week that it is granting permits for shutdown of the Culyerville desalination plant, built to mitigate the environmental impact from the disastrous collapse of the AkzoNobel salt mine in 1992. There has been no disclosure from Livingston County officials yet of the money settlement on the table. Local officials have said that they are not interested in plant closure and a monetary settlement, and would rather see … [Read more...]